TRADE AND TARIFFS
———♦— - ■ - U.S.A. PROTEST TO FRANCE. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.] PARIS, January 4. The American Embassy has. joined protesters against the new quotas. The Government 8 officially explains the reservation of the right to withdraw 10 per cent, of the coal quotas, in which Britain is vitally interested, does not imply an impending reduction, but is merely a bargaining weapon on behalf of French exports. SPAIN’S CONCESSION. (Received January 5,2 p.m.) MADRID, January 4. As the result of a protest against discrimination, Cabinet has granted thirty-five per cent rebate duties on British motor cars, similar to the French. It is also announced that France and Britain possess the same trade qualifications. DUTCH CATTLE. AMSTERDAM, January 4. Owing to the depression due to the decline in English, French, and German markets for dairy produce, the Dutch Cattle Board decided to slaughter four thousand cattle weekly for a year, in order to maintain the domestic price level. The slaughtered cattle will be tinned. The unemployed will be able to 'purchase 2Hbs for one shilling.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 5 January 1934, Page 9
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